1967 in music

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Other singles 5 Published popular music 6 Classical music 7 Opera 8 Musical theater 9 Musical films 10 Births 11 Deaths 12 Awards 12.1 Grammy Awards 12.2 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

• January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band changed their lyrics from "Let's spend the night together" to "Let's spend some time together".
• January 22 - Simon and Garfunkel give live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City. While bits and pieces of this concert are released on October 4, 1997, on their box set Old Friends, the majority of this concert is not released until July, 2002.
• February 3 - UK record producer Joe Meek, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head
• February 12 - British police arrest Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Marianne Faithfull on drug charges.
• February 14 - Aretha Franklin records "Respect" at the New York based Atlantic Studios
• February 16 - "Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan
• February 23 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on American Bandstand. The band premieres their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"
• February 24 - The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood
• March 3 - The Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa, Ontario unless they are paid in advance. The audience of 3000 riots causing $5000 in damages to the auditorium.
• March 25 - The Who perform their first concert in the United States in New York
• March 30 - The Beatles are photographed with a photographic collage and wax figures from Madame Tussaud's famous museum for the cover artwork of their soon to be released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London.
• April 13 - The Rolling Stones' Concert in Warsaw.
• May - Paul McCartney announces that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"
• May 1 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas.
• May 2 - In the United States, Capitol Records pulls the plug on the Beach Boys' mysterious Smile project. Brian Wilson, who had taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, could not bring himself to finish it after hearing the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
• May 12 - Pink Floyd stages the first ever quadrophonic rock concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall, England
• March 27 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for the song "Michelle," the most performed song in Britain in 1966
• March 31 - For the first time, Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire during a concert in London. This later would become a trademark of Hendrix's performances. He is taken to hospital suffering burns to his hands.
• June 1 - The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
• June 16-18 - The Monterey International Pop Festival, the first large scale outdoor rock music festival.
• June 25 - The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World television special, which was the first worldwide television broadcast. Singing backup for the Beatles were a number of artists including Eric Clapton, and members of the Rolling Stones and The Who.
• June 29 - Rolling Stones members jailed for drug possession
• July 18 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a support tour of The Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution. Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admitted it was all for outrage publicity.
• Summer - "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco
• August 27 - The Beatles are informed of manager Brian Epstein's death, while in Bangor, Wales with the Maharishi
• September 17 - The Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show. Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written and The Doors were banned from the show.
• September 30 - BBC Radio 1 launched
• November 9 - First issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published
• December 5 - The Beatles open the Apple Shop in London
• December 10 - Otis Redding dies in plane crash, two days after recording "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"
• December 26 - The Beatles air the Magical Mystery Tour on British TV
• A taped appearance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The band premieres their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye".
• Pickwick Records releases LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon and Garfunkel, recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry, and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file legal challenge, and the record, now rare, is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
• The Who destroys their instruments during a performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
• Toots & the Maytals releases "54-46 That's My Number", one of the first reggae songs
• The Savonlinna Opera Festival is re-opened in Savonlinna, Finland, helping to launch a repopularization of opera
• Donny Hathaway's musical career begins
• Ted Nugent's musical career begins
• George Clinton's musical career begins
• Sly & the Family Stone's musical career begins
• Blue Öyster Cult's musical career begins
• Captain Beefheart's musical career begins
• Iggy Pop's musical career begins
• The Velvet Underground's first album released
• Creedence Clearwater Revival forms

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
• Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
• David Bowie - David Bowie
• Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
• The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
• The Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
• I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
• Branded Man - Merle Haggard
• Evil - Howlin' Wolf
• Blues Is King - B. B. King
• Kinkdom - The Kinks
• Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight and the Pips
• The Way I Feel - Gordon Lightfoot
• Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
• The Marvelettes - The Marvellettes
• Crusade - John Mayall
• Moby Grape - Moby Grape
• More of the Monkees - The Monkees
• The Pandemonium Shadow Show - Harry Nilsson
• Pleasures of the Harbor - Phil Ochs
• The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison (motion picture soundtrack)
• The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd's debut album
• How Great Thou Art - Elvis Presley
• Clambake - Elvis Presley
• Procol Harum - Procol Harum
• Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones
• Morning Dew - Tim Rose
• Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
• Silk and Soul - Nina Simone
• With a Lot o' Soul - The Temptations
• Ten Years After - Ten Years After
• Happy Together - The Turtles
• The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
• The Who Sell Out - The Who
• Little Games - The Yardbirds

• "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
• "Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville
• "Georgy Girl" - The Seekers
• "Kind of a Drag" - The Buckinghams
• "Gimme Some Lovin"' - Spencer Davis Group
• "Penny Lane" - The Beatles
• "Happy Together" - The Turtles
• "Snoopy v/s the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen
• "For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield

• "Bernadette" - The Four Tops
• "This Is My Song" - Petula Clark
• "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
• "Something Stupid" - Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra
• "Sweet Soul Music" - Arthur Conley
• "Respect" - Aretha Franklin
• "Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane

• "Little Bit o' Soul" - Music Explosion
• "Windy" - The Association
• "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
• "Up, Up and Away" - The Fifth Dimension
• "Light My Fire" - The Doors
• "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum
• "I Was Made To Love Her" - Stevie Wonder
• "All You Need Is Love" - The Beatles
• "Pleasant Valley Sunday" - The Monkees
• "Baby, I Love You" - Aretha Franklin
• "Ode to Billy Joe" - Bobbie Gentry
• "The Letter" - The Box Tops
• "Funky Broadway" - Wilson Pickett

• "Never My Love" - The Association
• "Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
• "To Sir, with Love" - Lulu
• "Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin
• "I Can See for Miles" - The Who
• "Daydream Believer" - The Monkees
• "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
• "I Second That Emotion" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
• "Hello Goodbye" - The Beatles
• "The Last Waltz" - Engelbert Humperdinck

• "At The Zoo" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Fakin' It" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Blues Theme" - Davie Allan & the Arrows ("The Wild Angels" soundtrack)
• "Grocer Jack" - Keith West
• "More Love" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
• "(I Wanna) Testify" - The Parliaments

• "Ain't Got No" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "Aquarius" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "The Bare Necessities" w.m. Terry Gilkyson from the film The Jungle Book
• "Blowing Away" w.m. Laura Nyro
• "Bonnie And Clyde" w.m. Charles Strouse
• "Both Sides Now" w.m. Joni Mitchell
• "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" w.m. Jim Webb
• "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" w.m. Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio
• "Colour My World" w.m. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch
• "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "Don't Sleep In The Subway" w.m. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch
• "Easy To Be Hard" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "The Eyes Of Love" w. Bob Russell m. Quincy Jones
• "Frank Mills" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "Gentle On My Mind" w.m. John Hartford
• "Good Morning, Starshine" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "Happiness" w.m. Clark Gesner from the musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
• "Hare Krishna" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "I Say A Little Prayer" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "I've Gotta Be Me" w.m. Walter Marks
• "In The Heat Of The Night" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Quincy Jones. Theme song from the film of the same name, performed by Ray Charles
• "Let The Sunshine In" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "The Look Of Love" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film Casino Royale
• "Mrs Robinson" w.m. Paul Simon from the film The Graduate
• "My Friend, The Doctor" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film Doctor Dolittle
• "Never My Love" w.m. Donald Addrisi & Richard Addrisi
• "One Less Bell To Answer" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
• "Stony End" w.m. Laura Nyro
• "Talk To The Animals" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film Doctor Dolittle
• "The Tapioca" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Jim Bryant dubbing for James Fox in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie
• "Thoroughly Modern Millie" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Julie Andrews in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie
• "To Sir With Love" w. Don Black m. Mark London
• "Up, Up And Away (In My Beautiful Balloon)" w.m. Jim Webb
• "What A Wonderful World" w.m. Bob Thiele & George David Weiss
• "Where Do I Go?" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
• "You Only Live Twice" w. Leslie Bricusse m. John Barry

• Paul Lansky - String Quartet No. 1
• Toru Takemitsu - November Steps

• The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) - London revival
• By Jupiter off-Broadway revival
• Curly McDimple Broadway production
• Fiddler On The Roof London production
• ''Oliver (Lionel Bart) - London revival
• Sweet Charity London production

• Camelot
• Doctor Dolittle
• Half A Sixpence
• The Happiest Millionaire
• How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
• The Mikado
• Thoroughly Modern Millie

• January 4 - Benjamine Darvill, Crash Test Dummies
• January 9 - Dave Matthews
• January 14 - Steve Bowman, Counting Crows
• February 20 - Kurt Cobain, Nirvana
• March 4 - Evan Dando, Lemonheads
• March 7 - Randy Guss, Toad The Wet Sprocket
• March 17 - Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins
• March 21 - Jonas Berggren, Ace Of Base
• March 29 - John Popper, Blues Traveler
• May 6 - Mark Bryan, Hootie & The Blowfish
• May 23 - Phil Selway, Radiohead
• June 7 - Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction & Red Hot Chili Peppers
• June 9 - Dean Felber, Hootie & The Blowfish
• July 22 - Pat Badger, Extreme
• July 27 - Juliana Hatfield
• August 21 - Serj Tankian, System of a Down
• September 19 - Ricky Bell, Bell Biv DeVoe
• October 2 - Bud Graugh, Sublime
• October 10 - Mike Malinin, Goo Goo Dolls
• October 27 - Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots
• October 30 - Gavin Rossdale, Bush
• October 31 - Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne
• November 16 - Ronnie DeVoe, Bell Biv DeVoe
• December 25 - Jason Thirsk, Pennywise (joins in 1987 until death in 1996)

• January 3 - Mary Garden, operatic soprano
• March 6 - Zoltán Kodály, composer
• March 6 - Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor
• March 11 - Geraldine Farrar, operatic soprano
• July 17 - John Coltrane
• August 27 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles
• October 3 - Woody Guthrie
• November 13 - Harriet Cohen, pianist
• December 10 - Otis Redding in plane crash
• December 29 - Paul Whiteman

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1967

• Eurovision Song Contest 1967